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Production of optically trapped $^{87}$RbCs Feshbach molecules

Atomic Physics 2014-09-05 v1

Abstract

We report the production of 87^{87}RbCs Feshbach molecules in a crossed-beam dipole trap. A mixture of 87^{87}Rb and 133^{133}Cs is cooled close to quantum degeneracy before an interspecies Feshbach resonance at 197\,G is used to associate up to 5000\sim5000 molecules with a temperature of 300\sim300\,nK. The molecules are confined in the dipole trap with a lifetime of 0.21(1)\,s, long enough for future experiments exploring optical transfer to the absolute ground state. We have measured the magnetic moment of the Feshbach molecules in a magnetic bias field range between 181 and 185\,G to demonstrate the ability to control the character of the molecular state. In addition we have performed Feshbach spectroscopy in a field range from 0 to 1200\,G and located three previously unobserved resonances at high magnetic fields.

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@article{arxiv.1312.3551,
  title  = {Production of optically trapped $^{87}$RbCs Feshbach molecules},
  author = {Michael P. Köppinger and Daniel J. McCarron and Daniel L. Jenkin and Peter K. Molony and Hung-Wen Cho and Simon L. Cornish and C. Ruth Le Sueur and Caroline L. Blackley and Jeremy M. Hutson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3551},
  year   = {2014}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures